Author : Aysima Mirsultan
Publisher : Nordic Institute of Asian Studies
ISBN 13 : 9788776943158
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (431 download)
Book Synopsis Community Still Matters by : Aysima Mirsultan
Download or read book Community Still Matters written by Aysima Mirsultan and published by Nordic Institute of Asian Studies. This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just as global perceptions of Xinjiang have shifted dramatically, so too has scholarship on the history, culture, and politics of the Uyghur homeland experienced a sea-change. A field once dominated by philology and geopolitical analysis has, since the 1990s, become a site of vibrant interdisciplinary practice. Uyghur studies - particularly research on gender, family, and the village economy - are now often found at the intersection of anthropological fieldwork, discursive analysis, textual studies, and social history. This volume collects a series of studies on these themes, drawing upon the innovative work of one of the field's leading figures, Ildikó Bellér-Hann. The result is a snapshot both of the Uyghur region (and beyond) in the midst of change, and of a field of scholarship that is evolving as the voices of people from the region themselves increasingly come to the fore. More than a reflection on the genealogy of this field's knowledge and methodologies, this is a celebration of scholarly community and of the people at its centre.